BUCHAREST, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Slovak President Andrej Kiska said on Monday that the European Union (EU)'s proposal of mandatory migrant quotas was an "unfortunate solution" and is a "dead" political theme.
Successful countries have moral obligations and have to display solidarity when it comes to migrant issues, Kiska told a joint news conference with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis following the official talks between the two heads of state.
Kiska said each successful country should consider how to help people fleeing death and horror.
Iohannis on his part said that migration issue couldn't be solved unless by going to the source, "by Syria becoming pacified and by our partners and those not yet partners in Africa receiving substantive development aid."
"I believe it is important for us in Europe to seek solutions that bring us back together," he said, complaining that "migration and how we treat migrants have unfortunately become matters that divide Europe without brining any solution."
"We have to change our approach into a better, shared, efficient one," Iohannis stressed.
The Slovak president on Monday started a two-day official visit to Romania, with the main goal of reinforcing cooperation on European topical subjects, as Slovakia holds this semester the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.
